YEAR OF FRENCH CENTRAL EUROPEAN FILMS 2025 - Calendar of Events
FNE together with UNIFRANCE has launched the Year of French Central European Films 2025 with a special focus on French films in Central and Eastern European countries plus Cyprus and…
Series from FNE Partner Countries Supported by Council of Europe
STRASBOURG: Series from Slovenia, Serbia, Czech Republic and Poland are among the projects supported by the Council of Europe in its Pilot Programme for Series Co-Productions programme.
Projects from FNE Partner Countries Receive Eurimages Co-production Support
STRASBOURG: New international projects by Radu Jude, Pawel Pawlikovski, Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov, Kornél Mundruczó and Adina Pintilie, among others, received support at the second Eurimages Project Evaluation Session…
Apply for EPI’s European Film Business and Law LL.M. | MBA
POTSDAM: Ready to take the next step in your career? Applications for the international master's programme of the Erich Pommer Institut (EPI) are open until 31 July 2025. The European…
FNE at Cannes 2025: Prize Winners
CANNES: The Competition Jury of the 78th Cannes Film Festival (13-24 May 2025), headed by French Actress Juliette Binoche, gave the Palm d'Or to Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an…
FNE at Cannes 2025: Competition: Young Mothers / Jeunes Mères (Belgium / France)
CANNES: Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne’s latest film Young Mothers screens in competition in Cannes this year and it is hard to think of anyone with a more successful Cannes…
FNE at Cannes 2025: Competition: The Mastermind (USA)
CANNES: American director Kelly Reichardt’s film The Mastermind screens in competition in the final days of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Known for her minimalist films that focus on American…
FNE at Cannes 2025: Winter in March Wins 3rd Prize ex-aequo at La Cinef
CANNES: The Estonian/Armenian/French coproduction Winter in March directed by Natalia Mirzoyan received the 3rd Prize ex-aequo in la Cinef competition on 22 May 2025.
Erich Pommer Institute Launches Audiovisual Women and Series’ Women 2025
POTDSAM: The Erich Pommer Institut (EPI) has opened registration for the 4th edition of its female leadership programmes Audiovisual Women and Series’ Women, which are specifically directed to female professionals…
FNE at Cannes 2025: See how the FIPRESCI critics rate the programme
FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Cannes Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Un Certain Regard, Directors' Fortnight and Critics Week, giving the…
FNE at Cannes 2025: ACE Announces Joint Restoration Grant for Ivica Matić’s Work
CANNES: The Association des Cinémathèques Européennes (ACE) launched the 6th edition of A Season of Classic Films at the 78th Cannes Film Festival and announced the recipient of the 2025…
FNE at Cannes 2025: Competition: The Phoenician Scheme (Germany)
CANNES: American filmmaker Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme screens in competition in Cannes this year. This is his fourth time in competition with Asteroid City (2023), The French Dispatch (2021),…
From Film Policy to Production: Interview with Balázs Zachar, Graduate of European Film Business and Law at Erich Pommer Institut
POTSDAM: The Erich Pommer Institut (EPI), a leading provider of professional training for the audiovisual industry in Europe, has recently spoken with Hungarian producer and legal expert Balázs Zachar following…
CICAE Elects New Board and Issues Call to Safeguard Democracy and Uphold Cinema Diversity
CANNES: As the global arthouse movement and the CICAE celebrate their 70th anniversary this year during the Cannes International Film Festival, the association’s newly elected board of directors asserted that…
FNE at Cannes 2025: Competition: Nouvelle Vague / New Wave (France)
CANNES: American director Richard Linklater’s docudrama Nouvelle Vague, which screens in competition in Cannes this year, is his homage to Jean-Luc Godard and the French New Wave. Linklater is more…
FNE at Cannes 2025: See how the FIPRESCI critics rate the programme
FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Cannes Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Un Certain Regard, Directors' Fortnight and Critics Week, giving the…
FNE at Cannes 2025: Competition: Two Prosecutors
CANNES: Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa takes us back to the dark days of the Stalinist purges in the Soviet Union for his historical drama Two Prosecutors that screens in competition…
FNE at Cannes 2025: László Nemes Develops French Biopic of Resistance Hero
CANNES: The new project by László Nemes is a French biopic of the French Resistance hero Jean Moulin, starring French actor Gilles Lellouche and German actor Lars Eidinger. The film’s…
French Drama Oxana by Charlène Favier Screened at Hello Margit! Arts Festival in Budapest
BUDAPEST: Charlène Favier’s sophomore feature Oxana screened at the new Hello Margit! Arts festival in Budapest ahead of its theatrical release in Hungary by Mozinet.
FNE at Cannes 2025: UNIFRANCE’S 2025 “10 TO WATCH” IN CANNES
10 rising talents to keep an eye on Initiated by Unifrance in 2014, the "10 to Watch" program aims to contribute to the emergence of new French movie talents in…
